Are you thinking of reducing your carbon footprint and your energy bills by getting solar panels or a small wind turbine? Since so many people have decided they'd like to get off the increasingly extortionist energy grid--and even make a little money selling back the excess energy they produce--the government and energy companies have been working overtime to find a way to stop them from achieving energy independence.

In Oklahoma, they're about to pass a new law charging customers with solar panels EXTRA fees, thereby penalizing them for doing the right thing for the planet. You can read the article here:

This makes me so angry I could just spit. Every time there's a new invention that threatens the energy monopolies, they try to squash it by imposing taxes and fees. They're going to get their pint of blood from every human being with a need to survive one way or the other. They say they're not anti-solar or wind, they're just trying to be "fair". I fail to see what is fair about penalizing people for converting to more environmentally sound and sustainable energy sources. So, people pony up for solar panels out of their own pocket, produce extra energy for everyone to use--and they have to pay the government to do so? Does anyone see anything fair about this?